--- a/couchdb/settee/src/classes/SetteeServer.class.php
+++ b/couchdb/settee/src/classes/SetteeServer.class.php
@@ -1,1 +1,106 @@
+<?php
 
+/**
+* CouchDB Server Manager
+*/
+class SetteeServer {
+
+  /**
+  * Base URL of the CouchDB REST API
+  */
+  private $conn_url;
+  
+  /**
+  * HTTP REST Client instance
+  */
+  protected $rest_client;
+
+  
+  /**
+   * Class constructor
+   * 
+   * @param $conn_url
+   *    (optional) URL of the CouchDB server to connect to. Default value: http://127.0.0.1:5984
+   */
+  function __construct($conn_url = "http://127.0.0.1:5984") {
+    $this->conn_url = rtrim($conn_url, ' /');
+    $this->rest_client = SetteeRestClient::get_instance($this->conn_url);
+  }
+  
+  /**
+  * Create database
+  *
+  * @param $db
+  *     Either a database object or a String name of the database.
+  *
+  * @return
+  *     json string from the server.
+  *
+  *  @throws SetteeCreateDatabaseException
+  */
+  function create_db($db) {
+    if ($db instanceof SetteeDatabase) {
+      $db = $db->get_name();
+    }
+    $ret = $this->rest_client->http_put($db);
+    if (!empty($ret['decoded']->error)) {
+      throw new SetteeDatabaseException("Could not create database: " . $ret["json"]);
+    }
+    return $ret['decoded'];
+  }
+  
+  /**
+  * Drop database
+  *
+  * @param $db
+  *     Either a database object or a String name of the database.
+  *
+  * @return
+  *     json string from the server.
+  *
+  *  @throws SetteeDropDatabaseException
+  */
+  function drop_db($db) {
+    if ($db instanceof SetteeDatabase) {
+      $db = $db->get_name();
+    }
+    $ret =  $this->rest_client->http_delete($db);
+    if (!empty($ret['decoded']->error)) {
+      throw new SetteeDatabaseException("Could not create database: " . $ret["json"]);
+    }
+    return $ret['decoded'];
+  }
+  
+  /**
+  * Instantiate a database object
+  *
+  * @param $dbname
+  *    name of the newly created database
+  *
+  * @return SetteeDatabase
+  *     new SetteeDatabase instance.
+  */
+  function get_db($dbname) {
+    return new SetteeDatabase($this->conn_url, $dbname);
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+  * Return an array containing all databases
+  *
+  * @return Array
+  *    an array of database names in the CouchDB instance
+  */
+  function list_dbs() {
+    $ret = $this->rest_client->http_get('_all_dbs');
+    if (!empty($ret['decoded']["error"])) {
+      throw new SetteeDatabaseException("Could not get list of databases: " . $ret["json"]);
+    }
+    return $ret['decoded'];
+  }
+
+}
+
+class SetteeServerErrorException extends Exception {}
+class SetteeDatabaseException extends Exception {}
+class SetteeWrongInputException extends Exception {}